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American Trad Wikipedia

American Trad ("AmerTrad" or simply "Trad" to its adherents) describes a form of mens' dress that was influenced by early Brooks Brothers and its amalgam of Anglo-American style, and by American college and university shops that sold the natural-shouldered Ivy League clothing of the 1920's - 1960's, and still, to some extent, continue to do so today.

Eschewing the blatant display of excess and of fickle fashion, purists of the look advocated the 3 button sack suit, button-down oxford cloth shirts, silk repp ties, and tassled-loafers from Alden and other shoe New England shoe manufactuers, included that of the Weejun, the penny loafer made by Bass Shoe Co. A look similar to Trad may be found in the Italian cinema of 1950's and 1960's and in the Ska style of the London Mods during the same period and into the 1980's. Having been assimilated into mainstream American style, The American Trad look continues on today, more or less intact. J. Press, a mens clothier from New Haven, Connecticut, exemplifies this style, as its clothing has hardly changed since 1902.

Though Trad is sometimes associated with WASP culture, among its greatest adherents of the Trad look have been the authors F. Scott Fitzgerlad, John O'Hara, Ralph Ellison, the early Jack Kerouac, George Frazier, and George Plimpton, founder and long-time editor of the Paris Review. The look was also picked up by Jazz musicians such as Miles Davis and Chet Baker, who bought their traditional clothing from The Andover Shop in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Trad is sometimes considered akin to the preppy look.
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Last Modified:   2005-12-15